Clothes brush and hanger.



, I Wu K. OKUBO.

CLOTHES BRUSE AND HANGER APPLIOATIONPILED SEPT.16, 1913.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

KUMAJ'IRO OKUIBO, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

CLOTHES BRUSH AND HANGER.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, KUMAJIRO OKUBO,

subject of the Emperor of Japan, residing ,ings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereomwhich form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in combined clothes brushes and hangers and has for one of its objects to provide a device of this nature which, when not in use as a clothes hanger maybe knocked down and thereby caused to occupy only a com-f paratively small space, making my inven- -tion of particular utility to travelers.

Another object of the invention is to'provide extensions which are slidable upon the extremities of the clothes hanger making it adjustable to garments of all sizes.

Still another object is to provide auxiliary arms extending outwardly upon one side of the main arms, which arrangement I have found to be particularly useful for ladies garments of light material, especially silk and lace.

A. further object of the invention is to so arrange the hanger when in its knocked down condition asto constitute a handle for the brush. Other objects will appear hereinafter as I proceed with the description of that embodiment of my invention which for the purposes of the present application I have illustrated .in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my im proved device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device showing the extensions in one position in full lines and in another position in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the brush and the fixed arm of the hanger. Fig. 4 is a' side View of the brush and hanger in knocked down position. Fig. 5 is an un der face view of the removable hanger arm. Fig. 6 is a detail of one of the extensions. Fig. 7 is a detail of the suspending hook. Fig. 8 is a cross section taken upon the line 8-8 (Fig.4).

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 16, 1913.

Serial No. 790,101.

Similar reference characters refer to likeparts in all the views.

In the drawing 5 representsa clothes brush of ordinary form and construction having roll edges 6. (See Fig.8.) Upon one side of' the brush back is fastened b means .of screws 7 a longitudinally exten ing arm 8 formed preferably of metal,'the

sides of which near the outer extremities are Patented Aug. 25", 1914.

turnedunder at 9 toform guide grooves for I a purpose that will appear hereinafter. A

second arm 10 of similar shape is adapted to be removably mounted upon the opposite endof the brushbynieans. of'under turned flanges 11 which, when the arm is pushed toward the middle of the brushclamp upon the roll edges6 thereof. The outer extremity of the arm 10 is also provided with guide grooves 9 identical in sha e with those upon the arm 8.

hear-the inner end of'the arm 10 is a perforation 12, which registers with a hole 13 in the brush back when the arm is in the position illustrated'in Figs; 1 and 2. A suspending hook or ring 14 has a straight portion 15, whichmay be set into the reg:

istering holes 12 and 13, and an angularly projecting part 16 which is'adapted to be sprung into the opening of a screw-eye 17,

which extends through the arm 8 into the brush back.

The hook 14, is made of spring material and so formed that the ends 15 and 16 tend to take positions further separated than those they must occupy when the hook is in place upon the brush, thus maintaining the projecting part 16 in place in the screw eye.

Parts 18 which I shall hereinafter refer to as extensions are formed of spring wire bent into substantially U-shaped form with the extremities flared away from each other as illustrated in Fig. 6. When the device is in use as an ordinary coat-hanger theseextensions are slid into the guide rooves 9 of the arms 8 and- 10, and may e adjusted lengthwise to any desired position, the outwardly exerted spring pressure of the extremities of the extensions holding the latter securely in place in any desired position.

In one side of the brush back I bore holes 19, which are adapted toreceive the extremities of the extensions 18. When the extensions are thus arranged, a support of substantially semi-circular form is provided, which'as heretofore stated is particularly I useful for garments of light material which it is desired to maintain in a smooth condition in order to prevent wrinkling.

My improved device may be put into very small compass by removing the hook 14, withdrawing the arm 10, from the end of the brush and sliding it upon the opposite end of the brush above the arm 8, a recess 20, being provided in the arm 10, to extend about the screw eye 17, when the arm is in 'this latter position. The extensions18, will then be pushed inwardly as far as they will go. If desired, the hook 151:, may also be .clamped about the brush back. It will be apparent that inthis arrangement of the hanger parts, they form a handle for the brush 5, as shown in Fig. 4.

From the foregoingdescription it is believed that the operation of my improved brush and garment hanger will be apparent without further explanation.

I claim as my invention: 4

1. A clothes hanger comprising a central member, a suspending means attached to said central member, two diametrically opposed arms extending in a substantially horizontal direction from said central member and two other arms removably mounted upon the central member and extending, horizontally therefrom upon one-side of the first mentioned arms, the second named arms being so arranged as to form equal angles between each pair of adjacent arms.

2. A clothes hanger comprising a central member, two horizontally arranged arms extending outwardly from said central member in diametrically opposed directions, removable extensions slidably mounted upon ;.the'extremities of said arms, and means for removably mounting said extensions upon said central member.

' 3. In combination, a central member, suspending means removably attached to the back of said member, an arm extending longitudinally from one end of the back of said member to which it is fixed, and a second arm rcmovably mounted upon the back of said member to extend in a direction diametrically opposed to that of the first arm, said second named arm. being also adapted to be removably mounted upon the central member above said fixed arm.

4. In combination, a central member, means for suspending the same, and arms extending longitudinally from either end of said member to constitute a clothes hanger, at least one of said arms being removable, and adapted to be removably mounted upon the central member above the other arm, for the purpose set forth.

5. In combination, a central member, arms extending longitudinally from either end of said member to constitute a clothes hanger.

the central member and one of said arms having registering perforations, and means for suspending the hanger, one extremity of which enters said perforations for securing the last named arm in place.

6. In combination, a central member, arms extending longitudinally from either end of said .member to constitute a clothes hanger, the central member and one-of said arms having registering perforations, means mounted upon said central member and havinga perforated head projecting above the .same, and a second means for suspending K MAJIRO oKUBo.

Witnesses:

I J. W. ROHLFING, I ,A. J. Scrnrmms. f 

